Category Archives: photography

Weekly Photo Challenge: Beginning

Weekly Photo Challenge: Beginning This week’s theme might be obvious, but I couldn’t help it — it’s a simple and common word, yet can evoke very powerful, emotional images. Let’s see beginning through your lens!  Beginning? That sounds easy enough but the more I … Continue reading

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Butterflies at the River

We visited the river a couple days ago and we met with the most interesting sight! There were so many butterflies on the river bank, and quite a few different kinds. It’s the summer dry season now, so I think … Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Joy

Weekly Photo Challenge: Joy This week, let’s set ourselves up for a happy new year: share a photo that shows us JOY.  These are my daughter’s photos of my grandson, but nothing says JOY to me more than these photos of … Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: One

Weekly Photo Challenge: One This week, we want to see photos that focus on one thing. Maybe you’ve got a stark photo of a single tree silhouetted against the setting sun, or a lone sandpiper wandering the beach as waves crash. … Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Community

Weekly Photo Challenge: Community This week, in a post created specifically for this challenge, show us community, and interpret it any way you please! Catching up here… I’m a couple photo challenges behind. I’ve been busier doing things rather than photographing them … Continue reading

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Beautiful Photography

I met Jorge and his wife Eva on our Rambala Lodge trip. He was there to take photographs and was kind enough to share some of them with me. He says he would welcome input and suggestions, but his work … Continue reading

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Feliz Navidad!

This is my 400th post, which seems fitting because I’m writing about a wonderful and significant Christmas for us, one that has me thinking about how our lives have changed since moving to Panama. Christmas is celebrated a bit differently … Continue reading

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Christmas Lights in Panama

I’ve always liked the holiday lights. It’s a dark time of year and the lights brighten things up. Panama is close to the equator so the length of the days changes very little, but I still enjoy the lights. So, … Continue reading

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Just Another Day in Panama

We’ve decided to stay home for a little while so we’ve been relaxing, puttering around the house, riding the bikes, and not doing much new. But, of course, that doesn’t mean an ordinary day is uninteresting! Today it’s warm, sunny, … Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Grand

Weekly Photo Challenge: Grand Grand.  for this week’s challenge, we want you to consider not just the size of something, but also that special element: the “wow factor” of a scene or subject that makes a picture so stunning. That magical quality … Continue reading

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